Jurgen Klopp has no excuses… he must do this to avoid transfer disaster - Steve McManaman

Jurgen Klopp must have Liverpool finish in the top four says McManaman

The former Liverpool star reckons Klopp’s side have to finish in the Champions League spots for the season to be considered a success.

And McManaman, who also played for Real Madrid and Manchester City, adds the Reds will struggle to sign top talent if they’re out of the top four.

“If they finish fourth then it will be considered a success,” he told ESPN.

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“There's plenty of rest and time for them to recharge their batteries”

Steve McManaman

"If they finish fifth, sixth, seventh or even eighth like they did last year, it will be a bit of a disaster because they went out of the two cup competitions in January and they went out rather meekly.

"People are gambling on the Champions League. There's no excuses now. There's one game a week, they've got 15 days since their last game until their next game.

"There's plenty of rest and time for them to recharge their batteries and get their bodies back in shape.

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"There's no excuses for Jurgen Klopp. He'll have to finish in the top four or the weight of the pressure will start to come on his shoulders.

"If you get into the top four, your targets in the transfer market become a lot better because people want to come and join Liverpool -- that's no problem at all.

"If you're not in the Champions League, you will get players that will say: 'I love Liverpool but I'm not going there because they're not in the Champions League. I will go to a better team who is at the highest level.'"